Friday, October 28, 2016

Yusuke Murata Has Mega Man On the Mind

Before hitting it big with Eyesheild 21 and One-Punch Man, manga artist Yusuke Murata was but a child when he won the Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 boss design contests. His winning sketches became Dust Man and Crystal Man, respectively. He was 12-years-old at the time.

Years later, Murata has found international acclaim. And yet he will be a fan of Mega Man no matter where his career takes him.

Taking to Twitter, Murata shared a couple fun Mega Man sketches: the Blue Bomber himself and his future alter-ego Quint.

OH MY GOSH I DIDN'T KNOW THIS! I LOVE HIS WORK! THIS IS SO AWESOME!So cool to see that big names still draw fanart :) AND MEGAMAN FANART AT THAT!I LOVE IT!I am now a bigger fan of his than I was before!

Going further back (and something that isn't as well known), Murata also got his name in the credits for Mega Man 3 (though it was only under the special thanks section; I wonder what idea he sent in for that title). Incidentally, he did a huge piece of art of literally every major bot (and some minor stage ones) in the Classic series for the 2012 Capcom Heroes calendar: http://i.imgur.com/PUqNxjO.jpg

Just imagine an entire anime series about Crystal Man being a badass Robot Master. Or heck, it's a shame they didn't sneak in some kind of tongue-in-cheek reference to Mega Man somewhere in One-Punch Man. Excellent work by him as always.